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Introducing Our US History Curriculum Collection
Draw from this flexible curriculum collection as you plan any middle or high school US history course. Featuring units, C3-style inquiries, and case studies, the collection will help you explore themes of democracy and freedom with your students throughout the year.
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Negotiating Peace (en español)
Learn about the concessions that the Treaty of Versailles required from Germany after its defeat in World War I. This resource is in Spanish.
People without Papers
Learn about the refugee crisis that developed in the immediate aftermath of World War I.
Russia Quits the War
Learn about the relationship between World War I and Russia's Bolshevik Revolution.
Self-Determination
Explore the concept of self-determination after World War I through excerpts from Wilson’s Fourteen Points.
Turning Us against Them
Austrian writer Stefan Zweig describes an encounter with hate propaganda at a French movie theatre months before the start of World War I.
War Fever in Vienna
Explore this firsthand description of Austria's atmosphere of excitement and fraternity at the outbreak of World War I.
Western Front at the Cinema
Consider how British leaders used the war film Battle of the Somme to sway the public's opinion about World War I.
Antisemitism and Jewish Identity
Consider Ernst Toller, Sigmund Freud, and Arnold Schoenberg’s reactions to the growing antisemitism in Germany in the 1920s.
Attitudes toward Life and Death
Learn about the pamphlet published by Karl Binding and Alfred Hoche that sparked a national debate about race and eugenics in Germany in the 1920s.
The Beginning of the Nazi Party
Consider why the Nazi Party platform and Adolf Hitler attracted followers in the wake of Germany’s defeat in World War I.
Creating a Constitutional Government
Examine the rights, protections, and democratic aspirations in the constitution of Germany’s newly formed democracy, the Weimar Republic.